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Largest Pizza Delivery Sector: 2,655thLargest Gambling Industry: 10,784thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 12,794th
The Sultanate of
Corporate Police State
For the empire
Influence
Truckler
Region
Civil Rights
Some
Economy
Powerhouse
Political Freedom
Outlawed

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Masterdown

Population56 million

CurrencyDinero
AnimalVulture

The Sultanate of Masterdown is a large, efficient nation, renowned for its enslaved workforce, irreverence towards religion, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 56 million Masterdownians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The tiny, pro-business, well-organized government is dominated by the Department of Defense, with Industry, Law & Order, and Administration also on the agenda, while Spirituality and International Aid aren't funded at all. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.6%.

The powerhouse Masterdownian economy, worth 4.24 trillion Dineroes a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Pizza Delivery, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 75,732 Dineroes, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 440,128 per year while the poor average 6,168, a ratio of 71.4 to 1.

Arts classes now teach children how to sketch the perfect sine curve, professionals are ready to retire by the time they receive permission to use their credentials, a favorite "life hack" for gap year backpackers is to pretend to be homeless for government handouts, and pictures of government employees with expensive Pearbooks 'working' on exotic beaches dominate local tabloids. Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Masterdown's national animal is the Vulture, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Masterdown is ranked 90,930th in the world and 9th in The Anduavas for Most Conservative, scoring 67.75 on the Bush-Santorum Dawning Terror Index.

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Largest Pizza Delivery Sector: 2,655thTop
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Largest Gambling Industry: 10,784thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 12,794thFattest Citizens: 14,191stTop
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Largest Furniture Restoration Industry: 15,610thHighest Disposable Incomes: 18,114thLowest Overall Tax Burden: 20,581stLargest Cheese Export Sector: 20,934thMost Secular: 23,294thGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 28,109thMost Ignorant Citizens: 29,142nd
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Largest Cheese Export Sector: 2nd in the regionLargest Gambling Industry: 2nd in the regionLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 2nd in the regionLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 2nd in the regionHighest Crime Rates: 2nd in the regionHighest Wealthy Incomes: 2nd in the regionGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 3rd in the regionHighest Disposable Incomes: 3rd in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 3rd in the regionMost Pro-Market: 3rd in the regionLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 3rd in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in Masterdown, pictures of government employees with expensive Pearbooks 'working' on exotic beaches dominate local tabloids.
  • : Following new legislation in Masterdown, a favorite "life hack" for gap year backpackers is to pretend to be homeless for government handouts.
  • : Following new legislation in Masterdown, professionals are ready to retire by the time they receive permission to use their credentials.
  • : Following new legislation in Masterdown, arts classes now teach children how to sketch the perfect sine curve.
  • : Masterdown was reclassified from "Compulsory Consumerist State" to "Corporate Police State".
  • : Following new legislation in Masterdown, elite teams of assassins have been sent into Brasilistan.
  • : Masterdown was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Ignorant Citizens.
  • : Masterdown was struck by a Mk I (Immunizer) Cure Missile from The Corponational ConglomerateŽ of Colboria, curing 1 million infected.
  • : Masterdown was struck by a Mk I (Immunizer) Cure Missile from The Matriarchy of Bubulubu, curing 1 million infected.
  • : Masterdown was struck by a Mk I (Immunizer) Cure Missile from The Technocratic Collective of Anduava, curing 1 million infected.

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